Improvement in magazine



UNITED STATES PATENT FEICE.

VALENTINE FOGERTY, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.`

Specification forming` part of Letters Patent No. 82,819. dated October 6, ISGS.

To all uhom it onu 1/ concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE FoGEu'rY, of Iloxbury,in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Rifles; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accolnpany and form part ot' this specification, is a description ot' my invention sutlicient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

United States Letters Patent No. 46,459 and No. 59,126, relating to magazine tire-arms, were granted to me on the 21st of February, 1865, and on the 23d of October, 1866.

My present improvements have particular reference to tire-arms embodying the invention shown in such patents, the improvements consistin g, mainly, in details of construction relating to the proper transfer and guidance ofthe cartridge from the magazine to the front of the breech-block, and thence into the barrel, and to the extraction and expulsion of the exploded shell; as also to an improved means of converting the arm into a single-loader by arresting the feed of the inagazine-cartridges, and to the construction ofthe breech-traine connecting the barrels and stock, and containing the loe-l; and the movable breech-block.

The drawings represent an arm embodying my present improvements.

A shows a side view; B, aseetional view, showing the interior mechanism.

The magazine does not diti'er essentially, if at all, in its construction from the magazine shown inmy Patent 59,126, its method ot' feeding and holding the cartridges being precisely the same. I do not, therefore, show the interior of the magazine. Neither is the general arrangement ofthe breech-blockwithin the breech-frame, with respect to its connection with and manner ot' operating the magazine tube or slide, and with respect to thc guardlever by which it is ope ated, essentially different from the arrangement shown in my said 1866 patent, and Ishall not therefore part-icularly describe such breech-block and connections.

a denotes the stock; b,the magazine located therein c, the barrel 5. d, the metal breech frame or case containing the movable breech block t', and connecting'the barrel and stock.

f is the guard-lever, which operates the breechblock, and g the linl; connecting the breechblock to the magazine-tube.

In one side of the frame d is the cartridgepocketh, in line with and forminga continuation of the magazine. In my second patent, the cartridge (fed forward into this pocket) is carried over laterally into line with the barrel by tipping the arm, the cartridge moving by gravit-y. To insure this movement of the cartridge by positive means, not dependent upon gravity, I now combine with this poclietanger, i', which normally lies against the bac-l: side of the pocket., to allow the cartridge to come into the pocket, and'whieh is swung over laterally when the breech-block is drawndown, and throws over the cartridge into line with the barrel. This finger i has a journal or journals, le, and the finger is operated as follows: The journal-pin, as seen at the detail C, (which shows side and end views of the cartridge-tinger,) is quite long and extends back iu the frame, having nearits rear end an arm or projection, I, opposite to and receiving which isa notch, m, eut in the frame on one side of the lever-guard mortise a. When the cartridgeiinger lies back against the wall of the pocket h, this projection [assumes the position shown at D, (which is a cross-section ontheline ra: of 13,) theend of the projection extendinginto the mortise. The front cartridge having been fed forward into its pocketh bythe advance of the breech-block, as the breech-block is nextthrown back the adjacent side of the upper end of the guard-lever strikes against the projection land throws it down into the notch m,therebytnrn ing the journal k axially and tipping the iinger 'i forward laterally, throwing the cartridge from its pocket over into the center of the frame, as seen at E, which is a cross-section, in line with the finger. The rear upper corner of the finger is curved, as seen at o, and the side ofthe breech-block adjacent to the pocket may be slightly eoneaved, as seen at p, and when the breech-block next goes forward the front corner ot the breech-block strikes the curved corner of the linger and throws it back into its pocket, out of the way of the advancing breech-block, and back from the path ot' the cartridge next to enter the pocket.

1n my 1866 patentthe device which received the cartridge from the pocket, and carried or guided it into the barrel, and which withdrew Brescia-loading,

Slidingr Brecon-block,

FlearwrdPivoted Hammer, v Magazine.

and ejected the exploded shell. consisted of two plates: hinged together and to the breech block. the. upper plate having on one side a. finger for retractinff,r the cartridge, this device hcing shown in detail in Fig. l1 otl the drawings t'orming part ot` said patent.

ln my present invention Isimplit'ythis construction, employing a cartridge-guide retractor and ejector lever, fl, made ot' a single piece, hungon a pin projecting I'rom a link which connects the lever to the ln'eech-block. 'lhis lever is shown at D, and at l and l", l representing' a side view'. and l" a plan. ol' the lever, the ln'eet'fh-block, and the connecting-link.

The lilik r tits into and slides in a guidegroove, s, made in the side ot'the breech frame, as secu at (i li, and thc lever slides torward under the barrel, and rests upon a spring, t, as seen at A. The long arm of the level', in rear of its fnlcrum-pin u, is made as a. narrow tongue, r, as seen at F ,and traverses centrally through the frame-mortise as the breech-block is moved forward and back, its rear end having a tip, er, projecting up i'rom it, as seen in the drawings, this tip entering a notclnz', when the lever is drawn under the barrel, and being pressed by the spring t up in tront ot` the cartridge lip or aange. v'lhe front end'or short arm ot' the lever is made ot' a width corresponding, or nearly so, to the mortise, and this end has an ear or projection, y, extending down from one side ot it, as seen inthe drawings. Projecting into the path otl movement ot' this ear is a stationary pin or stud, a',

againstwhich the cur strikes as the breech-` bloek and lever are completing their rear movcment, the contact ot' thc ear with the. stud tipping up the t'ront end ot' the lever, and there by throwing down its rear cud, as seen at B. The link r is connected to the breech-block by means ot a pin, b2, projecting from the link into a groove, el, in the breech-block, this groove permitting` the vertical movements ot' thc breech-block, while the link keeps within the guide-groove s.

rlhe operation ot' the lever is as follows: The arm having been tired, the guard-lever is carried down to the position shown at B. As the guard-lever descends, and the rctractor-tip w moves back, the tip pushes against the cartridge-flange and carries the cartridge-shell back with it. .Projecting into thc upper part ot' the guide-groove s, in which the link r slides, is a stud or pin, d', and on the adjacent side ot' thc lever q, just in front ot' its t'ulcruin-pin, is a projection, e', having an incline on its upper l'ace, as seen at I. As the shell leaves the barrel this incline strikes thc pin d and tips up thetongue rsuddeuly, as seen at( l,with l`orcc suliieientto expel the shell l'rom the arm, there beingan inclinatiouatthc rearend ot' the recess beneath the barrel, to pcrmitthe throwing up ot thc tongue bythe contact ot' the stud d and projectirm e'. As the tongue and its tip, by this rear andtipping-up movement, are brought opposite to the pocket in which the new cartridge lies, it becomes necessary to carry them below thc horizontal plane ot the pocket, for which purpose the earg/ and the stud o are employed. Just bet'ore the lever l completes its rear movement its rear arm passes beyond the spring aml the ear y strikes the stud a', tln'owing down the tongue, as seen at- 13, and the completion ot' the rear movement ot' the breech-pin and guard-lever tipsl the linger i, and carries the cartridge over. as bet'ore set t'orth, onto the tongue and into line with the barrel. lhc arm having been thus relieved ot' its exploded cartridge-shell, and a new cartridge having been carried over into thc vertical plane ot' the barrel, thc guard-lever is next tln'own up to carry the cartridge into the barrel and close the breech-block upon it; and during this movement the ejector-lever and its tip are brought into requisition to guide the cartridge into the barrel, as follows: The tongue travels straight forward, or nearly so, until the point of the cartridge comes to the barrel,\vhen the springt throws the tongue up, and with it the cartridge, causing the cartridge to enter the barrel, and holdingwitI in axial line with the barrel while it completes its entrance, the tip dragging' it forward and forcing it home. As the cartridge is thus t'orced home, the tip a' is pressed down bythe lartridge-tlange, and passes byand slips up in front ot' the tlange, in position for ejecting the shell after tiring, as before described. To allow thc projection c on this lever to pass the stud 1l in its rear movement, the stud may be made yielding.

lt is sometimes desirable to usc the arm as a single-loader,though the magazine he charged, to a greaterorless extent, with cartridges.

lo temporarily convert the charged arm into a single-loader, I employ a device which ar rests the movement otl the magazinecartridges, such device being applied and arranged to operate as t'ollows: A sliding pin, j", extends up through the triggcr-plateg. This pin has connected with ita spring-piece, having two nicks or notches therein, the one serving to lock the pin firmly in position when pushed upward, and the other to lock it lirmly in its position when pushed downward, by means otl which there is no possibility of accidental derangemcnt or shitting ot' position, and hence the weapon can only be changed from asingleloader toa repeater, and vice versa, by the dcliberatc act of the operator. This piu bears at its ripper end a stop, It', which, when the pin is pressed up, comes np in the rear otl the breech-block, or ot' the shoulder i in the link g, (which connects the block to the sliding part ol' the magazinetube,) and in such position with respect thereto as to arrest thc breechblock in its rear movement, thereby producing a correspoxulingl) short movement ot' the magazine-slide, the movement ot' the magazineslide being arrested bet'ore the notches therein can come into connection with the cartridgellanges in rear ot' them, and lailing so to connect, the slide, ot' course, when it next goes lbrward, i'ails to carry any cartridges with it,

all the magazine-cartrid ges being thereby kept stationary in thc-stationary half of the magazine, while, by dropping` a cartridge in front of the breech-blocl; when the guard-lever is thrown down, said cartridge will be forced into the barrel when the guard-lever is raised, and its shell will he ejected (after firing) by again throwing down the guard-lever in precisely the same manner as when -the cartridges are transferred from thc magazine to the barrel, as has been set forth.

To prevent the forward cartridge, when being moved up i'nto the pocket h., from sliding 'forward too fast or too far as the breech-block is moving forward, I make in the side of thel breech-block a depression, l', in which the adjacent side of the cartridge lies as it goes forward, the shoulder in front of and made by this depression holding the cartridge back or preventing it from going forward any faster than the breech-block goes, the ange slipping` ont from this notch when it reaches the pocket, and slips laterally into an opposite notch in such pocket. The cartridge, after being thrown forward into the pocket, drops a little, and thus is relieved of the notch, and the breechblock, which is then in its retrograde motion, passes over it, taking the next cartridge in ro tation.

Inniy arm patented in ISGG, and in allother breeelrloading arms, so far as I know, the lock-plate (with its lock mechanism) has been inserted in a recess o1' mortise sunk, in whole or in part, in the stock, the lock-plate and loch havin g to be separately removed to remove the metal ln'eech-frame.

In my present arm I combine thelock-plate and lock directly with the. metal frame, or so as to form a direct part thereof, the plate having fastenings entering the stock, and being applied to and removed from the arm as a pa-rt of the frame. This construction is shown at A, where the lock-plate m is sunk in a mortise, a', in the metal frame d, its sides and edges heilig tiush with the surface ofthe frame, and its fastenings o only entering the frame d, the lock and plate being thereby made a part of the mechanism ofthe frame.

I am aware that it is not new to limit the play of a carrier breech-block, so that it shall not receive the cartridge from the magazine.

I claim- 1. In combination with the magazine, the rocking finger i', for throwing the cartridge laterally from line with the magazine intoline with the barrel, substantially as set forth.

2. Also, throwing the finger laterally forward bythe rear movement of the guard-lever against the arm l on the finger-journal or rockshaft, substantially as described.

3. Also, throwing the linger back to its former position by the forward movement ot' the breech-pin directly against it, substantially as described.

4. Also, combining with the breech-block a notch, l', for receiving the cartridge-flange, and for preventing undue movement of the cart-rid ge, moving forward at the side thereof, when the same in its retrograde motion releases one cartridge and takes the next in ro-v tation, substantially as described.

5. Also, the lever q, with its tongue e and tip fw, constructed substantially as shown, and opera-ting, in conjunction with spring t, 'to withdraw and expel the cartridge-shell, and to guide the cartridge into the barrel, substantially7 as set forth.

6. Also, the combination, with lever q,having project-ions y and e' thereon, of the studs or pins a. and d', for tripping the lever in its forward and back movements, upward and downward, by positive action in both directions.

7. Also, connecting the lever q with the breech-block e by the link r, by means of a pin, b2, projecting into a groove, c2, in the block, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

S. Also, combining with the magazine-slide and the breech-block thepin j" andits notched spring, for arresting positively the feed of the cartridges, substantially as described.

VALENTINE FOGERTY.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS GoULD, J. B. CROSBY. 

